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A #MeToo Reckoning in Costa Rica

It has come to light over the last week that sexual allegations against Oscar Arias are being exposed by mnay that had contact with the ex-president of Costa Rica.

Óscar Arias Sánchez, the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize winner and former president of Costa Rica, has been accused of sexual assault by three women. [Tico Times / Alejandro Zύñiga]

The first accuser, Dr. Alexandra Arce von Herold, 34, is a psychiatrist and nuclear activist who frequently met with 78-year-old Arias. Arce filed a report with federal prosecutors on Monday stating that Arias assaulted her in 2014. Arias denied the allegations. [NYT / Frances Robles]

Then a second woman, Emma Daly, told the Washington Post that Arias groped her in the 1990s when she was a reporter. In an email

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